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Chapter 1: Dev log #1

Hello,

1. Dedicating one PC to each game.

2. New GPU cards.

3. More words to the rework.


1. Dedicating one PC to each game



As most of you remember, I said that I can now dedicate both PC's to developing one game at a time which should speed up development a lot.

And it did but I am running into something that is getting really annoying.

There are three huge reasons why I will ...

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Blender diary #2

Hello

I did post one of these progress/diary updates before about my progress in Blender.
From now on I will call it "Blender diary"

Learning a 3D software is lonely and quite stressful. (Thank god I have a blender buddy.)

By doing these diaries I am kinda sharing my thoughts, problems, and achievements with you guys to relieve stress and also give you an insight into my work. (And if you can explain something, you understood it.)

For those who don't know... A...

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Release schedule of the rework - POLL

Hello,

Now that Summer's Gone Chapter 3 is slowly but surely advancing rather fast thanks to the second PC and I finished the last polishing touches on the writing of the rework a week ago, it is now time to make pick a schedule so that I can start planning the near future.


I said that the rework has 80% new content back when I was in the writing process.
The rework has 99% new content now.
It's like a new game with the same overall story.

For...

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Blender Progress #1

 

Hello,

As I told you guys in an earlier post, I had to drop Octane because of it's buggy nature and the fact that it will never get fixed.  And I also said that Octane was just a stepping stone to Blender

I dedicate 1-3 hours a day to learning Blender and I assume many would think:

 "Hey, you have some Daz experience.. This should he...

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Chapter 6 full-release - Custom render tier

Hello,

1. Two new Main menu buttons

2. Bonus scene

3. Changelog + links


I collected and tried to fix every bug I could find.
Sadly, some people only say "There is a bug!" but don't tell me what bug... So I fixed what I could find/has been found. 

There is one known bug to me. If you watch the Bonus scene of Chapter 6. The main menu animations won't play anymore.


About Music

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Chapter 6 Beta release for Gothic Girls (Incl. Android release!)

 

Hello,

I am pinging everyone again because there is now an Android version of the Beta.

Please read everything to avoid unnecessary questions.

You can find a changelog at the end of this post. 

A dev friend of mine made me aware of a mistake I made all the time.
This also killed the save compatibility in the previous versions.

With the new way, this will be resolved.. However... Most saves seem to be broken now ...

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Chapter 6 Beta.

Hello,

Please read everything to avoid unnecessary questions.

You can find a changelog at the end of this post. 


A dev friend of mine made me aware of a mistake I made all the time.
This also killed the save compatibility in the previous versions.

With the new way, this will be resolved.. However... Most saves seem to be broken now that all variables load into the game at start-up.

Most? Yes, some save files work, and ot...

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Chapter 6 - Release date.

Hello,

The last 2 weeks were just a blur due to almost no sleep and my huge focus on finishing up the update. 

 Sadly,  real-life did throw some personal obstacles at me which did put me a little off and are still taking a toll on me.

I tested and polished the complete update, I re-rendered around 90 renders, added some mini-animations and animated transitions into the game. 


Tomorrow the game will go to the testers and...

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Status .6 - Gallery - Bonus scene

Hello,


So, the cinematic is almost done. The last big part was finished overnight. Now only 3 small chunks that I can probably finish today/tomorrow.

I am already testing and polishing .6 to make sure it runs on a rudimentary level for the testers. 

The new Update has already been proofread. (Once).


Render count: 5240. 

1000 still render

4160 Animation frames

...

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Status update Chapter 6 - Octane - Custom Melinda and Katarina

Hello,

1. Status update Chapter 6

The end cinematic I am rendering at the moment is taking a lot of time.

The cinematic is a total of 2:30min long.  I am currently at 1:50min.
So it's almost done.

The current render count is 4075 (Including animations) We're close.

I was about to dedicate one PC to SG, but I brought it back to WiAB to render animations.. And both...

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Chapter 6 status - Octane - New PC status - New Release schedule - Previews

Hello,

2 days ago I finished a cinematic with 1000 renders (Animations) in it.
This was a last-minute added cinematic that wasn't planned but it popped into my head and I need training anyways.

It is 1 minute long and only visible if you spent the night with Katie on the Camping trip and did more than just talk. 


1 Cinematic to go ---> Then release. 

I already passed the 3000 render ...

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A small Investment was made.

Good day!

Corona is currently abusing the world and this leads to Nvidia, delaying their new GPU release.

My planned investment of 4x 3080Ti's + Threadripper 3970x will be delayed. 

Most likely to next year because I have to wait for the custom 3080Ti's.

I need the best cooling I can get and we all saw what happened to the founder 2080Ti editions. And I am going to have 4 of them in a box.


I certainly won't g...

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Status + small previews.

 

Hello,
*sigh*  Update is still not done. 

The last 2min + Cinematic is taking forever.   This cinematic alone has more renders than many games have in an entire update. (Cutscene has around 620 renders in animation and still renders.)

I finished a 129h animation yesterday.. It's a 4 part animation and because it was a dark environment, I had to render it even longer to make it l...

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Previews Chapter 6 - Last ones before release.

Hello!


I wanted to show you guys an animation that took around 31 hours to render. (It's not even complex ;(. ) But I found a clipping error and because I swore an oath to the Quality-Gods, I cannot use or show this animation. 

I am currently rendering it again and I tweaked it a little. I will show the animation when it is done.


Here is a bunch of random p...

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Info - Gui/Gallery - Previews - Last previews before the release

Good evening.


First of all. - I won't make this month's release. 

Even though I am working for more than 12 hours a day on WiAB since January, it's not done yet. 

It's a hardware thing. My PC just can't render faster, It's physically impossible. 


And to my surprise, quite a few people thought ''I' was actually a "team". Well for those people who thought that.. I am ...

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New Dana & Miru.

Good morning!


After the controversy of the new Miru and Dana, I decided to host 2 polls. 

Miru's one wasn't that close but Dana's was very damn close.


The old Miru with subtle changes and new hair & body did win the first poll. 


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Dana Poll!

 Good night from the stormy Germany.


Some people also criticized the "New Dana" I made... and the more I looked at her, the more I started to hate her, too.  

It took me hours to find a suitable hair that was tweakable and could be animated.


It's poll time and I'll let you guys decide. 


Dana 1 is her old model with new hair. (The hair was the reason I rew...

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Miru poll!

Hello!

After the last update, people criticized that Miru didn't look Asian enough.


How dar- and I totally agree. For some reason, she did appear as "enough Asian" to me. But I did take a closer look. 


Down below you'll find 2 Miru's


Miru 1:

This is the old Miru with subtle changes and different hair. (My pe...

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Dev update #3 A lot of stuff - Simple scene animation preview

Good evening! 


1. WiAB in general & rework.

2. Story changes.

3. New Dana & Scarlet.

4. Preview Chapter 6.

1. WiAB in general and rework

As y'all know the first 4-5 updates will be reworked. Not just visually but also in terms of story.  I am writing the rework for quite some time now and after Chapter 6, I will ...

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Dev update #2 Chapter 6 - Previews - New Leia - Good news - Discord merge

Good evening, 


1. General info

2. Good news

3. Planned Upgrade

4. Previews and new Leia

5. Discord merge


1. General Info

In the last post, I told you guys that I deleted most of my Renders because I was now capable of creating better ones. (I know that many of you would've been okay with the old ones but I...

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Dev update 0.6 (Chapter 6) A lot of Info - Previews

Greetings!

1. 0.6 digitates to Chapter 6.

2. General info

3. Previews


1. 0.6 digitates to Chapter 6.


This is the first real update regarding 0.6. Or as we will call it in the future: Chapter 6. 

My updates almost always feature a beginning and an ending and "Chapter" sounds so much better than a mechan...

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[Bonus scene 0.6] Futa girl poll - Who should it be?

Good morning from the grey, rainy shithole called Germany. 


I am surprised. I am shocked.  I am excited


Female winner = Miru! (We haven't seen that brat in a while.)

"Male" winner = Futa girl!


I can't believe that the futa girl won. I included her as a little joke and I was surprised to see how many votes she got.

She won by j...

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Katie has come a long way.

Heyo,


Remember when I proudly showed my 0.5 visuals in comparison to the earlier versions? 


0.6 is going to set a new quality milestone in Where it all began. 


(Drag into a new tab for a better view.)

0.5

First 0.6 preview.

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Bonus H-Scene for 0.5 Poll (Character selection Male) NTR

 Vote for the male part!


Lovely Latina (10$) vote counts double.

Petite Asian (20$) triple.

Busty Raaccon (30$) four times.

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Bonus H-Scene for 0.5 Poll (Character selection Female) NTR

Down below you can vote for the characters that should appear in the NTR Bonus scene!


This scene is only visible for people who have NTR on.


 

Lovely Latina (10$) vote counts double.

Petite Asian (20$) triple.

Busty Raaccon (30$) four times.

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Bonus H-Scene for 0.6 Poll (Mood/Ambient selection)

Here you can choose the mood/Ambient for this scene.


The next poll will come out after this poll has ended. (Character selection/poll)


Example:

Love:  Tender Sex with love elements. (This one did win in 0.5)

Cheatin...

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0.6 status - New Helen - Summer's Gone - The remake and more

Good evening. 

Loooong post incoming.

1. 0.6 State

2. My current situation *updated*

3.  Summer's Gone

4. Monthly wallpapers

5. The remake

6. New Helen
 

0.6 state

In the last few days, I wasn't able to work on it. For the first time in my life, I got food poisoning. 10/10 would do...

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Wallpapers October 2019

Hey,

Down below you'll find a zip file with 31 (+4 comic intros) 4k wallpapers

It took me much longer than I had expected. Around 5h for each image. (render times). 

I will make an info post later about the future of these wallpapers.  (I also changed Helen a little. More to that later.)


The characters who didn't ap...

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New Katie / Wallpaper info / Ginas route(Spoiler).

Hello,

1. New Katie

2. Wallpaper info

3. Ginas route


1. New Katie

The "Katie eyes" poll has ended and damn, it was a close one.

"Nero" and "Nia" were both on 33%. 

And "Nia" won through the votes from some higher Patreons. 

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Katie eyes poll.

Hello,


For the last few days, I was busy figuring out how to work with all these different mesh maps on a character.

And I figured it out.

I kept the old skin and added details to it. 

Down below you'll find some different eyes with the new skin. 


You got one vote.

Drag the pictures into a new browser tab for a better look.

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